Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-09-23

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FRIDAY, SEPT. %, 1887
LOCAL. ITBNES-
The district court made four new law
.yers this week. r. a@ ~
A large crowd is in town this week
attending court.
Some Of the ooys got rather wild on
Saturday night. 49,. r.
A night policeman should be hired by
the village authorities.
The N r. pay car did Its errand on
the main line on Thursday.
Capt. Oscar Taylor and Sam Trebby
have decided to be friends again.
Next seasons building improvements
in Little Falls will be something remark
able.
3. Kluth of Swan RIVER has sold out
bis saloon to a Mr.. Eek who will continue
the business,
The Little Falls clothing dealers have
purchased unusually large stocks OF fall
and winter clothing.
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The Sons ofVeterans have decided to
give ball and supper in the village on
Thanksgiving evening
c. c. Neal in his great western trip has
not yet got outside of Morrison county.
He is favoring Motley now.
Burglars raided several St. Cloud bust
uess houses on Saturday night, but
didn't succeed in getting much plumber.
A few..more cold days will bring the
Wild ducks down from the north, and
then somo good shooting may be ex-
pected
The Morrison county members Of the
board of directors of the District Fair
Association are s. Trebby, J. II. Hill and
z. Neill.
A number of Little Falls people will
attend the district fair. to be held at St.
Cloud on next Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
Leon Houde is at his old place in the
Clerk of Courts Office, while Clerk
Staples is attending to his duties in the
court room.
The act ofjumping onto man because
he is active in the work Of booming the
town Is not so popular in Little Falls as
It used to be.
Judge Richardson had his watch stolen
trou, h:z vest pocket b.; p;capo2kct
while in st. Paul to attend the state
fair last week.
The many Little Falls people who
attended the sham battle at the state
fair on Saturday last pronounce it a
grand spectacle.
D. T. Calhoun is assisting county
attorney Rhodes in most Of the state
cases being tried before the district
court this week.
The town fair held at Bnrnlamsville
last week was very successful. it compar-
ing fsyorably with many county fairs
hold in this part Of the state.
John Blair's steam thresher engine
got fire to a stack of grain belonging to
Mr.. Ruiz of Lafond's on Friday last,
and destroyed abou. 200 bushels Of grain.
The court roo,n will probably be
crowded to day with people who have
more vulgar curiosity than business to
attend to- The trial of Hays, the rapist,
take place.
The mischievous Fishbach boys broke
into Mr.. Schallern's kitchen this week
during the absence of the family, and
did what damage they could to articles
within reach.
John Burkel was handling loaded
cartridge carelessly the first ofthe week &,
and it exploded, hurting one of his
hsnds slightly, and seriously injuring
his right eye.
The wheat yield on the farms in the
western part of Elm Dale, is, according
to J. N. Fcrrill, who has run a thresb-
ing machine there this year, nearly
twenty bushels per acre.
Gravel 4 Goulet Bros saw mill at
4ravelville shut down last week.
During the last twenty days in which it
run over 10000 feet oflumber were cut.
II. N. Young WAS head sawyer.
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The receiver of the f. H. Morse estate
At g. Cloud, has reported assets to the
amount as sl6,96653. This does not
include Mr.. Morse's homestead. The
liabilities about equal the assets.
Elm Dale is we'll represented at court
this week, the trial of Frank Herman
for fencing up road in that town being
OF great interest to the settlers there.
The trial was in progress yesterday az
ternoon.
Henry Green has sold his Swan River
farm and has bought property in Little
Falls and is now building residence in
south Little Falls Mt the corner of Third
and Birch street. His house will be
brick yencered.
It will help attract attention to our
magnificent water power if every bust
ness man would have the diagram of the
improvements printed on his stationery.
The cost would be trifing, and it would
help boom the town.